The timing of the attack again was clear, as Israel’s cabinet is in intense debate at the moment about extending the settlement construction freeze that expired last week. A number of settlers, as well as settler supporters in the cabinet, have expressed outrage at the idea of its extension.

The chairman of the nearest settlement warned against blaming settlers for the attack, insisting that “experience has taught us that it is not always Jews who have committed such crimes.” The people the military expelled from the site in the wake of the attack were said to be settlers, however no arrests we made at the time.

The settlers were 'expelled' perhaps- but were they arrested and charged with crimes? Will the settlers be forced to pay restitution and/or rebuild the mosque and replace the furnishings? Somehow I think if Palestinians did the same to a synagogue the IDF would have no second thoughts about opening fire and arresting whoever was left alive.

"Kristallnacht" in miniature? I think so. Funny how easily the oppressed become the oppressors.